U.S. total energy statistics
Preliminary data for 2021.1 Note: sum of share of totals may not equal 100% because of independent rounding.
Total primary energy production | 97.78 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) |
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By fuel/energy source | share of total |
Natural gas | 36% | Petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids) | 31% | Renewable energy | 13% | Coal | 12% | Nuclear electric power | 8% |
Total energy consumption | 97.33 quadrillion Btu |
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By fuel/energy source | share of total |
Petroleum | 36% |
Natural gas | 32% |
Renewable energy | 12% |
Coal | 11% |
Nuclear electric power | 8% |
By sector and share of total U.S. primary energy consumption | share of total |
Electric power | 38% |
Transportation | 28% |
Industrial | 23% |
Residential | 7% |
Commercial | 5% |
Energy trade | |
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Imports | 21.43 quadrillion Btu |
Exports | 25.5 quadrillion Btu |
Net imports | -3.82 quadrillion Btu |
Net exports | 3.82 quadrillion Btu |
Electricity generation | 4.12 trillion kilowatthours |
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By major fuel/energy source | share of total |
Natural gas | 38% |
Renewables2 | 20% |
Nuclear | 19% |
Coal | 22% |
Petroleum | 0.5% |
Other gases and sources3 | 0.6% |
Energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions | 4,872 million metric tons CO2 |
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By energy source | share of total |
Petroleum | 46% |
Natural gas | 34% |
Coal | 21% |
Energy consumption indicators | |
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Primary energy consumption per capita | 293 million Btu per person |
Primary energy consumption per real dollar of GDP | 5.01 thousand Btu per chained (2012) dollar | Energy-related CO2 emissions per capita | 14.7 metric tons (32,408 pounds) per person |
Energy-related CO2 emissions per real dollar of GDP | 248 metric tons (251 short tons) per million chained (2012) dollars |
1 Source: Monthly Energy Review, April 2022, preliminary data for 2021.
2 Excludes pumped storage hydro electricity generation.
3 Includes blast furnace gas and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, municipal solid waste from nonrenewable/non-biogenic sources, tire-derived fuels, and other miscellaneous sources.
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Last updated: June 10, with data from April 2022 editions for source reports; data for 2021 are preliminary.